[Ah, she has eyes on the cloak! The prize he'd been chasing, at any cost...

So far, yes.

At least...it's better.

[He's quiet a moment, gathering his thoughts. Then, he speaks again.]

I was hurt this week, in a way that was pretty personal! It was upsetting, but...with the power I gained, I was able to trap him, remove the injuries he gave me, and hold him until his friends could come get him.

[This is vague on purpose. Atem doesn't want to talk about how Vicious had possessed him, hurt him, borrowed his body and damaged it for masochistic pleasure, out of an out of control shade's desire to feel something, anything. He doesn't want to talk about the violation it had been, to have a hostile presence back in his mind, how it had brought him back to the time with the parasite, how after that he'd been unable to stand anyone, anyone in his head, not for months...

...Trish is high strung, and easily upset. It's better for them both that he doesn't talk about things like that. His power meant he could make it like it never happened -- give it back, heal himself. So, it doesn't really matter what was done, right?

What matters is the next part.]

What I paid for...

...it works.